Pad-holder.



O. S. GAUCH.

PAD HOLD ER. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22. l9l6- 1, 36,698. Patented Aug.14, 1917.

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PAD-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

Application filed November 22, 1916. Serial No. 132,796.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO S. GAUGH, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, ave invented certain new and useful Improvements inPad-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pad holders.

The object of my invention is to provide an inexpensive and simple meansof removably attaching and looking a pad to a holder which will overcomethe disadvantages of the holders now in use, especially, the in abilityto take care of the variation in the distance of the binding staplesfrom the top of the pad, which is caused by the carelessness of theoperator of the stitching machine in either not holding the pads snuglyup to the guide on the machine, or in failing to have the work jogged upproperly, in either case causing a variation in the location of thestitches from the top of the pad, thereby preventing the firm securementof the pad to the holder in the desired position.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a bail thatwill securely hold and removably lock a pad to the back of a sales bookor the like by forming a pocket to receive and lock one end of the padby means of tongues, which are formed on the inwardly extended ends ofthe bail, that can be forced to yield to enlarge the pocket more or lessto compensate for any irregularity in stitching the leaves of the padtogether, through the medium of the ordinary binder staples or the like.

Another object is to so construct the holder that the bearingsjournaling the bail are located at the extreme sides of the pad, givingmore strength and rigidity thereto, thereby permitting the use oflighter material with the same results.

These and other objects are attained by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is an edge view in elevationshowing the end of the pad engaged with and removably locked to thebail.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bail showing it attached to abearing plate with the pad removed.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view showing a section of a pad having one endengaged with a skeleton pocket formed by the bail, the

pad being in position to be removably locked to the bail bearing plate.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the pad, bail, back and bearing plateshowing the position of the bail when it is desired to remove the padfrom or lock the pad to the back or bearing plate.

In the drawing reference numeral 1 in dicates a back of an ordinary padand 2 a bearing plate. The plate 2 is preferably provided with alinedseparate bearings 23, 4 and 5 leaving intervening spaces 5 and 6 betweenthe central bearing 4 and the side bearings 3 and 5. The bail ispreferably formed of a single piece of wire and it comprises a portion 7to engage the flap or leaves of a pad, contiguous curved side portions 8and 9, a series of alined journal portions and (preferably) two or morelooped tongues 10 and 11 which are preferably inclined toward the end ofthe pad to yieldingly contact therewith.

The tongues are made integral with or provided on the journals andarranged to project into the intervening spaces 5 and (S and engage theend of the pad as shown in Fig. 8. lVhen it is desired to lock the padto the back, the flap 12 or a few leaves of the pad are looped over theportion 7 of the bail; thepad is then pressed against the bearing plateor back until it is in the position shown in Fig. 1 at which time it isseated in the skeleton pocket and removably locked therein.

If for any reason the staples used for stitching the leaves together toform the pad are not stitched thereon uniformly the user of the padexerts a pressure against the projecting ends of the locked tonguesforcing them to yield toward the position shown in dotted lines in Fig.3 thereby enlarging or expanding the skeleton pocket formed by the bailto compensate for any irregularity in stitching the leaves together bythe staples.

The sides 8 and 9 prevent lateral movement of the end of the pad and thetongues 10 and 11 perform the dual functions of preventing endwisemovement of the pad and also yield when subjected to pressure tocompensate for any irregularities in stitching the leaves of the padthrough the medium of staples or the like.

The skeleton pocket herein referred to is formed by the inclined tongues10 and 11, the curved sides 8 and 9 and the portion 7 of the bail, saidelements being arranged and formed as shown in the drawing to provide ameans of engagingthe end of the pad and removably looking it firmly tothe back or hearing plate. The plate is preferably made of thin sheetmetal or the like and it is attached to the paid by any well-knownfastening means.

The operation of the holder is as follows:

Swing the bail upward from the back giving an unobstructed opening;insert the flap or two or three of the lower leaves of. the pad, untilthe bail portion 7 engages the stitches of the pad; then swing the. baildownward which will bring the tongues 10 and 11 toward and over the endor the pad; press the pad toward the back which locks it firmly inplace. To remove a. pad, or the stub-of a completely used pad, swing thebail upward when the pad or stub can be easily removed.

The pad is represented by reference letter A. Apertures B are providedin the plate to receive rivets or the like.

What; I claim is 1. In a pad holder, a plate having a plurality ofalincd bearings spaced apart from each other, a bail fitted to saidbearings, which, is provided with looped tongues which extend from saidbearings into the. spaces. between the bearings and contact with the endof the pad to permit of imparting a yielding movement to said tongues tovary the space between the pad holding portion 'to'the bearings of saidplate to prevent of the bail .and the tongues to compensate forirregular stitching.

2. In a pad holder, comprising a bail.

formed of wire consisting of a pad holding portion, curved sides whichare formed. at right angles to the pad holding portion, journals formed.contiguous with, said curved sides which are spaced apart from the padholding portion .and arranged in parallel relation thereto; saidvjournals being provided with looped tongues.

3. In a pad holder comprising a bail formed of wire consisting of a padholding portion, curved sides which are formed perpendicular to thepadholding portion, journals formed contiguous with said curved sideswhich are spaced apart from the pad holding portion and arranged inparallel relation thereto, said journals being provided with loopedtongues, and a plate pro vided' with bearings spaced apart from eachother to journal the bail and receive the looped tongues.

a. In a pad holder, aplate formed of sheet metal provided with .a seriesof alined bearings having spaces therebetween, a bail made of wire andprovided with a series of journals which are j-onrnaled in said bear-.

ings alsohaving a pad holding portion; and

looped tongues provided on said bail which .project from said spaces andcontact with,

he e d; of he Pad.-

5. In a pad, holder, a plate formed of sheet metal provided with seriesof alined bearings having spaces therebetween, a bail made of wire andprovided with a series of j ournals which are journaled in saidbearings, the bail being provided with looped tongues which project fromsaid spaces and contact with the end of the pad, said ball also havingcurved sides which are located adjacent lateral movement of the pad, allof said elements cooperating to removably hold the ORLANDO S- GA E-Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner or Patents Washington, I). 0.

